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Syria says it detained group that used Hezbollah arms for attacks on airport
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria says it has detained a group behind recent rocket attacks on the Mezzeh military airport in Damascus, with investigators tracing the weapons to Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Syria’s Interior Ministry says security units arrested all members of the group, which it says had carried out several strikes on the airport in recent months, after surveillance of suspected launch sites in several areas of the capital.
The weapons used in the attacks originated from Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an ally of former president Bashar al-Assad that once had a large military presence across Syria, supporting Assad’s army, the ministry says.
Hezbollah has denied the allegations and says it has no activity or ties with any group inside Syria.
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